Never mind that 8 years of calling Bush a war criminal and saying the insurgents are "right" REALLY did endanger the troops and contractors.
Picture of Blackwater employees.
Posted on 09/08/2010 11:20:50 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
German Chancellor Angela Merkel risked angering Muslims by speaking at an awards ceremony on Wednesday for a Dane whose cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed provoked sometimes violent protests by Muslims five years ago.
The 75-year-old cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, whose drawings of Mohammed that offended Muslims worldwide first appeared in Danish paper Jyllands-Posten in 2005, was due to receive a prize on Wednesday evening at a conference on freedom of the press.
At a time of fierce debate in Germany over disparaging remarks about Muslim immigrants made by a central bank member, some Muslims criticized the center-right chancellor and the media said she was taking a risk by honoring a man whom many Muslims believe insulted their faith.
Aiman Mazyek of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany said in a statement: "Merkel is honoring the cartoonist who in our view trampled on our Prophet and trampled on all Muslims."
"By having her photo taken next to Kurt Westergaard, Merkel is taking a huge risk," wrote the conservative daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung before the ceremony.
"It will probably be the most explosive appointment of her chancellorship so far."
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Amazing all it takes to be a hero these days. Kudos.
Never mind that 8 years of calling Bush a war criminal and saying the insurgents are "right" REALLY did endanger the troops and contractors.
Picture of Blackwater employees.
“The religion of peace... but don’t push me!”
PING!
I summon my blue-eyed slaves anytime it pleases me. I command the Americans to send me their bravest soldiers to die for me. Anytime I clap my hands a stupid genie called the American ambassador appears to do my bidding. When the Americans die in my service their bodies are frozen in metal boxes by the US Embassy and American airplanes carry them away, as if they never existed. Truly, America is my favorite slave.;
King Fahd Bin Abdul-Aziz, Jeddeh 1993
Why is it the women seem to be the ones with the balls lately?
I usually think those kind of things are a little over the top, but I have to admit that one is funny.
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